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Historical player · 1936–1949

Nels Potter

B/T L/R · HT 71 · WT 180 · Born 8/23/1911 · From Mount Morris, IL USA · Debut 1936-04-25 · Final 1949-09-18

Career · batting

352

562

128

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.228 · 0.528

Career · pitching

349

177

1,686.0

W-L

92-97

747

ERA

3.99

WHIP

1.37

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1943–1948

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Hits

#426 on the Browns

↑ 1 D. Evans

↓ 1 J. Temple

RBI

#543 on the Browns

↑ 1 E. Auker

↓ 1 T. Vavra

Runs

#671 on the Browns

↑ 1 I. Andrews

↓ 1 M. Angle

#481 on the Browns

↑ 1 R. Amaral

↓ 1 J. Durham

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1938–1948

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Hits

#573 on the Athletics

↑ 1 D. Fowler

↓ 1 N. Punto

RBI

#594 on the Athletics

↑ 1 S. Bolt

↓ 1 J. Welaj

Runs

#686 on the Athletics

↑ 1 H. Byrd

↓ 1 M. Alou

#636 on the Athletics

↑ 1 V. Blue

↓ 1 D. Alston

Career with the Boston Braves · 1948–1949

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Hits

#964 on the Braves

↑ 1 M. Bell

↓ 1 E. Young

RBI

#1,073 on the Braves

↑ 1 L. Blackburne

↓ 1 C. Wilson

#1,105 on the Braves

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 M. Acosta

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1941–1941

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#1,036 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 A. Abad

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1936–1936

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

128

#5,688 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Bernhard

↓ 1 S. Weaver

RBI

#6,429 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Adams

↓ 1 J. Zuleta

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1936	Cardinals	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1938	Athletics	AL	38	39	1	10	1	6	1	3	0.256	—	0.282
1939	Athletics	AL	41	67	6	12	2	4	5	6	0.179	—	0.209
1940	Athletics	AL	31	71	4	18	2	4	3	7	0.254	—	0.282
1941	Athletics	AL	10	6	1	1	0	2	1	2	0.167	—	0.167
1941	Red Sox	AL	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	—	0.000
1943	Browns	AL	33	55	0	8	1	4	4	2	0.145	—	0.164
1944	Browns	AL	32	82	4	13	1	5	4	4	0.159	—	0.171
1945	Browns	AL	32	92	3	28	2	5	2	7	0.304	—	0.326
1946	Browns	AL	23	52	2	12	3	1	4	4	0.231	—	0.288
1947	Browns	AL	32	35	3	9	1	2	7	2	0.257	—	0.286
1948	Browns	AL	2	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0.500	—	0.500
1948	Athletics	AL	8	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0.250	—	0.250
1948	Braves	NL	18	29	0	11	1	3	0	3	0.379	—	0.414
1949	Braves	NL	41	23	0	3	1	0	2	7	0.130	—	0.174
Career			352	562	25	128	15	37	35	50	0.228	0.274	0.254

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1936	Cardinals	NL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1938	Athletics	AL	2	12	35	9	5	111.3	139	80	49	43	6.47	1.69
1939	Athletics	AL	8	12	41	25	2	196.3	258	144	88	60	6.60	1.76
1940	Athletics	AL	9	14	31	25	0	200.7	213	99	71	73	4.44	1.42
1941	Athletics	AL	1	1	10	3	2	23.3	35	24	16	7	9.26	2.19
1941	Red Sox	AL	2	0	10	0	0	20.0	21	10	16	6	4.50	1.85
1943	Browns	AL	10	5	33	13	1	168.3	146	52	54	80	2.78	1.19
1944	Browns	AL	19	7	32	29	0	232.0	211	73	70	91	2.83	1.21
1945	Browns	AL	15	11	32	32	0	255.3	212	70	68	129	2.47	1.10
1946	Browns	AL	8	9	23	19	0	145.0	152	60	59	72	3.72	1.46
1947	Browns	AL	4	10	32	10	2	122.7	130	55	44	65	4.04	1.42
1948	Browns	AL	1	1	2	2	0	10.3	11	6	4	4	5.23	1.45
1948	Athletics	AL	2	2	8	0	1	18.0	17	8	5	13	4.00	1.22
1948	Braves	NL	5	2	18	7	2	85.0	77	22	8	47	2.33	1.00
1949	Braves	NL	6	11	41	3	7	96.7	99	45	30	57	4.19	1.33
Career			92	97	349	177	22	1,686.0	1,721	748	582	747	3.99	1.37

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	349	0	0.0	98	307	18	18